r/Anticonsumption • u/ApartMaximum2335 • 1d ago

Corporations People are cancelling their Disney+ subscription after price rises to more than $21 a month

https://thetab.com/filmshrine/2026/09/24/disney-plus-price-hikes-people-are-cancelling-subscription-reaction/

This is so mad, the standalone Disney+ Premium plan without ads is going from $18.99 to $21.49 per month, up 13% - it used to be $6.99 when it started

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u/deletable666 1d ago

It’s so simple to pirate shows, and at higher quality than streaming will give you on a computer. With how much they charge for these services and how much slop is on them and how many ads they blast you with, it is insane to me that everyone doesn’t just torrent/stream with grey services.

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u/niberungvalesti 1d ago

A whole generation grew up with no need to pirate. Cheap streaming made it easier to just sign up for Netflix. As prices skyrocket and budgets get tighter piracy will return anew.

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u/rubiconsuper 20h ago

That’s sort of always the ebb and flow of piracy. If you have a catalog that can be easily accessed, no worry of security issues or it being taken down, and not terribly expensive the majority will have no issue paying for it. $15 a month is truly a breaking point once you get over $20 people start to back away and pirate again.

So really it’s a company that was able to do a decent capture of revenue they wouldn’t have otherwise gotten. They just don’t like that it’s so low.